Example sentences of "[indef pn] in [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sea Change and its successors have something in them of the career novel , a popular genre in the first decades after the Second World War , as well as the more general intention of inspiring youth to purposeful activity and ambitions . |
| 2 | Beneath the surface of this gentle evening a complex and never-ending game , which had something in it of a duel , was being played , the players swimming in their milieu like fish , at different levels which they would occasionally switch , to make an attack or to retreat , to seize prey or to threaten . |
| 3 | Their departure had something in it of the bowed and wretched mien of Adam and Eve in the many ‘ expulsion ’ paintings he had later seen , and by then the Garden itself had a ruined look , paradise destroyed . |
| 4 | Well at least there 's something in it for the viewer . |
| 5 | It came to him that he could lock the door , there was a bolt on it , but this conjured up the vision of her battering on it , for she certainly would n't be deterred by the fact that she was raising the house ; she would know that Mary was the only one in it at the moment . |
| 6 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 7 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 8 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 9 | Besides , there 's nothing in it for the family . ’ |
| 10 | There is nothing in it for the participants except the opportunity to work for low or no wages . |
| 11 | Surely it is a ludicrous notion to suppose that two scientists on their own in a remote basement lab could claim to solve the world 's energy problems so that the scientific community would take up this claim , that world leaders would ask for regular briefings and that there could be nothing in it at the end . |
| 12 | There is nothing in it at the moment that I would want my name associated with . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ There 's nothing in it about the murder , except the police are continuing with their enquiries , ’ said Joe , ‘ but it 'll help you pass the time . |
| 14 | She would have liked to refuse his offer , she really would , but her stomach was growling with hunger and the thought of nothing in it till the morning was more than she could bear . |
| 15 | ‘ Sir Thomas insisted on reading the prince 's letters as a condition of his acting as go-between , and saw naught in them save the boyish fondness of a lad in his thirteenth year for a lass of similar age . |